The Punch Newspapers

What UTME candidates should note about correlative conjunctions

As candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) prepare for the big challenge they will be facing in the next few days (from April 19), I hereby call their attention to an ...
manilatimes

Rectifying usage myths about correlative conjunctions and appositives - III

In the first two parts of this discussion, I rectified the contention of a member of Jose Carillo’s English Forum, Mwita Chacha, that the two grammatical elements linked by a correlative conjunction ...
The New Indian Express

How to start a sentence with conjunctions

Here is a query from a reader. Sanjay Saralaya writes: “Can one start a sentence with words and phrase such as ‘as’, ‘because’ and ‘due to’? Is it correct to say ‘As I was unwell, I could not attend ...
The New Indian Express

Can conjunctions start sentences?

Is it correct to start a sentence with a conjunction? Here is a query from a reader of this column. Sanjay Saralaya writes, “Can one start a sentence with words and phrases such as as, because and due ...
manilatimes

Rectifying usage myths about correlative conjunctions and appositives

I’d like to take this opportunity to rectify some myths about the usage of correlative conjunctions and appositives. I’m doing so in response to this combative reaction of Mwita Chacha, a ...